A Questionnaire Based Survey On Fear and Anxiety Levels of Patient Before and After Endodontic Treatment

Abstract

Dental anxiety refers to a patient's specific reaction toward stress associated with dental treatment in which the stimulus is unknown, vague, or not present at the moment. It is widespread problems that persist despite the technological advances that have made dentistry less painful and uncomfortable. The present cross-sectional study was conducted in the Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Saveetha Dental College from November 2019 to December 2019. A simple random sampling technique was used for the study and a sample size of 300 adult patients aged 18-40 years attending Outpatient were selected. The survey was done based on two sets of questionnaires and the patients were asked to complete the questionnaires before and after endodontic treatment. The present study concluded that female subjects were ranked highly and severely anxious with modified dental anxiety scale before root canal treatment. It was also reported that female subjects after root canal treatment were also ranked highly anxious.